Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia


Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia was an Electress of Saxony as the wife of John George I, Elector of Saxony.

Life

Magdalene Sibylle was born in Königsberg, the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. She married John George on 19 July 1607 in Torgau.
Magdalene Sibylle was a friend of the Swedish queen Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, her niece, and was interested in painting, poetry and gardening.
Magdalene Sibylle used Swedish prisoners of war to work on the Dresdner Festungsbau.
As a widow in 1656, Magdalene Sibylle retired to the Dresdner Frau Kurfürstin-Haus and died in Dresden in 1659.

Children

Magdalene Sibylle had ten children:
  1. Stillborn son
  2. Sophie Eleonore, married on 1 April 1627 Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt
  3. Marie Elisabeth, married on 21 February 1630 Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp
  4. Christian Albert
  5. Johann Georg II, successor of his father as Elector of Saxony
  6. August, inherited Weissenfels as Duke.
  7. Christian I, inherited Merseburg as Duke
  8. Magdalene Sibylle, married firstly on 5 October 1634 to Crown Prince Christian, eldest son and heir of King Christian IV of Denmark; and secondly, on 11 October 1652, to Duke Frederick Wilhelm II of Saxe-Altenburg
  9. Maurice, inherited Zeitz as Duke
  10. Heinrich.